click beetle
n. any of the beetles that can spring into the air making a clicking sound | ||||
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Click beetle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Click beetle
See Elater.
See Elater.
| WordNet 2.0 |
click beetle
Noun
1. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
(synonym) skipjack, snapping beetle
(hypernym) elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid
Noun
1. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
(synonym) skipjack, snapping beetle
(hypernym) elaterid beetle, elater, elaterid
| hEnglish - advanced version |
click beetle
click beetle
see under elater
click beetle
\click" bee"tle\ (?). (zo?l.) see elater.
click beetle
see under elater
click beetle
\click" bee"tle\ (?). (zo?l.) see elater.
Click beetle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Click beetle
Click beetles (family Elateridae), sometimes called elaters, skipjacks, snapping beetles, or spring beetles, are a cosmopolitan family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few closely-related families in which a few members have the same mechanism, but all elaterids can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" which can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 7000 known species.
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